The nature and properties of soils /
By: Brady, Nyle C [author.].
Contributor(s): Weil, Ray R [author.].
Series: Pearson custom library.Publisher: Harlow, Essex : Pearson, 2014Edition: Fourteenth edition, int. edition.Description: ii, 1046 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cm.Content type: text $2 rdacontent | still image $2 rdacontent | cartographic image $2 rdacontent | text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated $2 rdamedia | unmediated Carrier type: volume $2 rdacarrier | volumeISBN: 9781292020792 (pbk) :; 9781292020792:; 1292020792 (pbk).Subject(s): Soils | Soil scienceDDC classification: 631.4Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 631.4 BRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0090764 |
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
The soils around us -- Formation of soils from parent materials -- Soil classification -- Soil architecture and physical properties -- Soil water: characteristics and behavior -- Soil and the hydrologic cycle -- Soil aeration and temperature -- Soil colloids: seat of soil chemical and physical activity -- Soil acidity -- Soils of dry regions: alkalinity, salinity, and sodicity -- Organisms and ecology of the soil -- Soil organic matter -- Nitrogen and sulfur economy of soils -- Soil phosphorus and potassium -- Calcium, magnesium and trace elements -- Practical nutrient management -- Soil erosion and its control -- Soils and chemical pollution -- Geographic soils information -- Prospects for global soil quality as affected by human activities -- Appendix A. World resource base: Canadian, and Australian soil classification systems -- Appendix B. SI units, conversion factors, periodic table of the elements, and plant names -- Glossary of soil science terms -- Index.
'The Nature and Properties of Soil' is a broad textbook for introductory soil courses in agronomy and soil science. It emphasizes soils as part of the geosystem.